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It’s probably a good guess that many people are unaware of the Department of Energy facility located about 45 minutes from Los Angeles, CA, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). …

The Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) held a very informative webinar about medical benefits on April 21, 2021.  Doug Pennington, Deputy Director, and Lance Lanier, Chief, Branch…

Six Great Reasons Why Home Care with EEOICP Makes Sense To learn more about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) click here. Unlike Medicare,…

Some of you were interested in which diseases where the most common to be claimed as being the result of exposure to toxic substances through the Division of Energy Employees…

March 25, 2021 Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Joe Manchin (DWV) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Toxic Substance Safety Act of 2021 on March 25, 2021.  If passed,…

One of the suggestions that we received for a blog topic was to write about the Cold War.  Since this era spanned at least 40 years, I thought I would…

”Don’t be afraid to seek out the information you need”, is the message former Sandia National Labs worker, James, and his wife, Terry, want to share with fellow nuclear weapons…

RECA Reform The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) was signed into law in 1990. This legislation currently compensates uranium miners, millers and transporters as well as people who lived downwind…

Odds and Ends We had a great response to the recent survey we sent which asked what topics you would like to see written about in Cold War Patriots blogs. …

Sometimes we need data to be able to prove a point or to analyze how parts of EEOICPA are functioning.  Finding data on the nuclear facilities can be…